Napkin holder



June 23, 1942. M w, BARNES 2,287,117

NAPKIN HOLDER Filed Aug. 426, 1941 Attoruy Patented June 23, 1942 UNITED STAT FAEN'' OFFICE NAPKIN HOLDER Merritt' Wesley Barnes, Syracuse, N. Y. Application August 26, 1941, Serial No. 408,392

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a napkin holder, the general object of the invention being to provide means for holding the napkin in position without danger of the napkin falling from position, said means including a member formed of cardboard or any other suitable material and having slits therein for receiving a corner portion of the napkin and a hole in the member for receiving a button of the clothing of the user or other suitable fastening means.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or Icorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the device showing a portion of the napkin held thereby.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is -a View of the holder having a different form of opening in its upper portion.

As shown in the drawing the device is formed of a triangular sheet l of cardboard or any other suitable material having a pair of parallel slits 2 therein, the slits being parallel to the lower edge of the sheet, this edge being made longer than the other edges. One wall of each slit is formed with the saw teeth projections 3 and preferably the lower edge wall of the lower slit is formed with these projections and the upper wall of the upper rslit is formed with these projections `as shown in Figure 1. An opening Il is formed adjacent the apex of the sheet for receiving a button or other fastening means for detachably connecting the sheet to an article of clothing of the user and this opening has a wide lower end and tapered 4upwardly as shown.

One corner of the napkin N is placed through the lower slit and then through the other slit with the extremity of the corner portion bent over as shown in Figure 1, the short teeth helping to hold the napkin in place and preventing it from slipping through the slits. A button on the clothing of the user is passed through the opening 4 so that the device is held in place and the device, in turn, holds the napkin in place so that the napkin cannot fall from the lap or other part of the user. Instead of the button other fastening means can be used to hold the device in place.

The upper opening is made in the form of a cross with some of its edges formed of sa-W teeth as shown at 4".

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may bc made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A napkin holder comprising a sheet of substantially triangular shape, upper and lower slits in the sheet paralleling each other and also paralleling the lower edge of the device and the apex of the device having an opening therein, some of the walls of the slits being cut to provide saw teeth projections.

2. A napkin holder comprising a triangular sheet of still material having an apertured apex portion for hanging on a button, and a straight bottom edge, said sheet being provided with a pair of upper and lower slots therein parallel relatively and to said edge and through which one corner of a napkin may be inserted to frictionally hold the napkin, the lower slot being longer than the upper one to provide for insertion of said corner through said slots in spreadout flat condition.

MERRITT WESLEY BARNES. 

